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Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here, at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.
Gabrielle Meyer’s time slip books are great and I’m really looking forward to In This Moment Book #2 in the Timeless series.
May 2,2023 publication date
About The Book
Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives in 1861, 1941, and 2001. Each night, she goes to sleep in one time period and wakes up in another. Until she turns twenty-one, when she will have to forfeit two of those lives–and everyone she knows in them–forever.
In 1861, Maggie is the daughter of a senator at the outbreak of the Civil War, navigating a capital full of Southern spies and wounded soldiers. In 1941, she is a navy nurse, grappling with her knowledge of the future when she joins a hospital ship going to Pearl Harbor. And in 2001, she’s a brilliant young medical student, fulfilling her dream of becoming a surgeon.
While Maggie has sworn off romance until she makes her final choice, an intriguing man tugs at her heart in each era, only complicating the impossible decision she must make, which looms ever closer. With so much on the line, how can Maggie choose just one life to keep and the rest to lose?
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Publish date 11 October 22 Bethany House publisher 384 pages
About The Book
The voices of the past cannot stay silent forever.
In 1910 Michigan, Perliett Van Hilton is a self-proclaimed rural healer, leaving the local doctor convinced she practices quackery. It doesn’t help that her mother is a spiritualist who regularly offers her services to connect the living with their dearly departed. But when Perliett is targeted by a superstitious killer, she must rely on both the local doctor and an intriguing newcomer for assistance.
In the present day, Molly Wasziak’s life has not gone the way she dreamed. Facing depression after several miscarriages, Molly is adapting to her husband’s purchase of a peculiar old farm. A search for a family tree pulls Molly deep into a century-old murder case and a web of deception, all made more mysterious by the disturbing shadows and sounds inside the farmhouse.
Perliett fights for her life, and Molly seeks renewed purpose for hers as she uncovers the records of the dead. Will their voices be heard, or will time forever silence their truths?
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My Thoughts
I think the reason this author’s books are so popular is because they are based on fear. A childhood fear, that we still have a fascination with though we may not admit it to ourselves. In reading these books we can explore this fear in a way but through a safe medium, a book. It’s a book we can completely get lost in as we enter this world of creepiness and whatever the author wants to convey to us but safely at any time, we can leave it.
With a dual timeline we find ourselves volleying between rural 1910 and present day. Presented with tombstones in a basement, hearing haunting whispers, a lonely dark stretch of road and a rustling in the cornfield, what’s in there, a creepy childhood nursery rhyme, and contacting the dead through spiritualism. The atmosphere is very well done, it’s raw and gripping. The characters are realistic, and you’ll get lost in this story.
Pub Date 11 Oct 2022
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
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The Author
Jaime Jo Wright, multi award-winning author–including the Christy and Daphne du Maurier awards–is a coffee-fueled and cat-fancier extraordinaire. She has entwined her life with the legendary Captain Hook, residing serenely in Wisconsin’s rural woodlands. Her literary vocation involves penning chilling Gothic tales, a baffling change from that of Austenites, with a strong preference to the master of dark, Edgar Allan Poe. Two mischievous urchins adorn their family, who keep their mother on her toes – providing an exhilarating amount chaos.
Visit her at: http://www.jaimewrightbooks.com and listen to her podcast MadLit Musings on your favorite podcast player or at http://www.madlitmusings.com
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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
How it works:
I assign each Tuesday a topic and then post my top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join me and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
This week’s topic is March 14: Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List
I could list 100 books I’d love to read this Spring so I’m going to make it special and list books with flowers on the cover I’d love to read this Spring. I’m so ready for Spring and Flowers.
Romance has never been so sweet…
While Holly Berry may have finally purchased Just One More and landed a date with one of Bourton-on-the-Water’s most eligible bachelors, it is far from plain sailing.
A face from the past threatens to torpedo Holly’s fledgling relationship before it even gets going.
Will everything go according to plan? Or is Holly’s dream life at risk of turning sour?
Starting over never tasted so good
Holly Berry has it all: a good career, a steady boyfriend, and enough savings that the two of them will soon be able to buy a nice little house. But when she finds out her boyfriend has been cheating on her, she decides to retreat to the Cotswolds and a place full of far sweeter memories.
Quite literally.
However, Holly discovers the quaint village sweet shop she worked in as a teenager is starting to crumble. Putting all her chocolate eggs in one basket, she says goodbye to the city, and sets her sights on a new project.
After all, how hard can running a sweet shop be?
Full of laughter, sweet clean romance and cosy village life, The Sweet Shop of Second Chances will make you believe that the best things in life really are worth fighting for.
A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War.
California, 1938—When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser’s daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert’s spacious house with a secret, however—Rosie sees colors when she hears sound. She promised her mother she’d never reveal her little-understood ability to anyone, but the weight of her isolation and grief prove too much for her. Driven by her loneliness she not only breaks the vow to her mother, but in a desperate moment lets down her guard and ends up pregnant. Banished by the Calverts, Rosanne believes she is bound for a home for unwed mothers, and having lost her family she treasures her pregnancy as the chance for a future one. But she soon finds out she is not going to a home of any kind, but to a place far worse than anything she could have imagined.
Austria, 1947—After witnessing firsthand Adolf Hitler’s brutal pursuit of hereditary purity—especially with regard to “different children”—Helen Calvert, Truman’s sister, is ready to return to America for good. But when she arrives at her brother’s peaceful vineyard after decades working abroad, she is shocked to learn what really happened nine years earlier to the vinedresser’s daughter, a girl whom Helen had long ago befriended. In her determination to find Rosanne, Helen discovers that while the war had been won in Europe, there are still terrifying battles to be fought at home.
In the spirit of Colleen Hoover and Jojo Moyes’s Me Before You, an unforgettable and heartbreaking love story with an earth-shattering secret at its core that asks the question: is love worth risking everything for?
An earth-shattering secret. A life-changing love story.
When Wren realizes her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover.
On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years ago and is still struggling to move on.
Wren hopes that spending the summer with her dad and step-family on their farm in Indiana will help her to heal. There, amid the cornfields and fireflies, she and Anders cross paths and their worlds are turned upside-down again.
But Wren doesn’t know that Anders is harboring a secret, and if he acts on any feelings he has for Wren it will have serious fall-out for everyone. Walking away would hurt Wren more than she can imagine. But, knowing the truth, how can she possibly stay?
Secrets Sealed Within a Wall Come to Light in Lower Manhattan
Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure.
Investigative historical journalist Andrea Andrews is tired of waiting tables to make ends meet. If she could find and write the next breakout story, she could secure a promotion with Smithsonian Magazine as their writer-at-large. But not much happens in lower Manhattan out of the ordinary until she discovers post-Civil War counterfeit bills hidden in the wall of her historic district apartment.
Politics have always been Beau Davidson-Quincy’s passion, despite his family’s real estate empire. His clean image and single status make him a target in the media as he prepares to build his campaign for New York governor. He has nothing to hide until a cute waitress unravels a mystery that could destroy his family’s reputation.
Two centuries earlier, wounded Civil War veteran Franklin Davidson lost everything—his house, his wife, his standing in society. In his darkest moment, he’s awarded a position with the newly formed Secret Service to combat the spread of counterfeit U.S. currency. His life and new home in Gramercy Park are the envy of his peers, but nothing is as it seems. Secrets are meant to be kept, and Franklin will take his to his grave.
In this heartwarming small‑town romance, can three months, two planning projects, and a meddling grandmother finally make two high school hate crushes see just how right they are for each other?
Ambitious real estate agent Sinclair Buchanan is ecstatic to be her best friend’s maid-of-honor—until she discovers the best man is Garrett Davenport. Sin and Rett’s mutual hate crush ignited when they were teens and hasn’t let up since . . . except for that one extremely hot (and extremely regrettable) night they shared five years ago.
Nothing gets Rett fired up like going toe-to-toe with Sinclair. She’s as infuriatingly stubborn, and as absolutely gorgeous, as when he fell for her back in high school. Working together to plan their best friends’ last-minute wedding is one thing, but when his matchmaking grandmother gets involved Rett knows he’s in deep. Attraction has always simmered between them, but this time, they’re both in danger of losing their hearts.
Periwinkle-blue flowers spill over the picket fence, framing the simple wooden sign that reads Hydrangea House. But Molly’s eyes fill with tears. Her grandmother Beverley used to stand right there in the doorway, ready to welcome guests. Now Beverley is gone, will the inn close forever?
Grieving and newly single Molly Anderson begs the wealthy Frost family, owners of Hydrangea House, to allow her to run the inn for one last summer before they shut it down. She vows to give the final guests a summer to remember by the sea. It’s what Beverly—who worked uncomplainingly for the Frosts her whole life—would have wanted.
But when an elderly woman checks in claiming to know a secret about Beverly’s true connection to the Frost family, everything Molly knows about her beloved grandmother is called into question. The woman says that a message in a bottle hidden somewhere at Hydrangea House, will not only reveal the truth, but could stop the Frosts’ plan in its tracks.
Desperate to do whatever she can to save Hydrangea House, Molly combs the inn from attic to basement, helped by visiting oceanographer Matt. She could never get involved with a guest, but Matt’s kindness as he listens to her worries, and the way his deep brown eyes keep locking with hers are hard to ignore…
But as they fill their summer with searching, rumors and bad reviews about Molly start to spread. By delving into the mystery of the past, has she shattered any chance of the inn’s future? Can Matt be trusted, or is he more closely linked to the Frost family than she thought? And when she finally unlocks the secret about her grandmother, will it bring Molly peace—or tear her apart?
An absolutely gorgeous read about learning to trust, the meaning of home, and the importance of family. Fans of Debbie Macomber, Carolyn Brown and Mary Alice Monroe will be captivated.
Readers of Eve Chase, Kate Morton, and Anita Frank will devour this bewitchingly atmospheric, melancholy modern ghost story set in the lush hills of England’s Lake District. There, a solitary women’s quiet life spent in her crumbling ancestral manor house with the company of a child’s ghost is dramatically interrupted when her estranged sister returns to share a horrific story of cruelty and desperation from decades earlier…
Francine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family’s ancestral home, a rambling Elizabethan manor in England’s Lake District. No other living soul resides there, but Francine isn’t alone. There are ghosts in Thwaite Manor, harmless and familiar. Most beloved is Bree, the mischievous ghost girl who has been Francine’s companion since childhood.
When Francine’s estranged sister, Madeleine, returns to the manor after years away, she brings with her a story that threatens everything Francine has always believed. It is a tale of cruelty and desperation, of terror and unbearable heartache. And as Francine learns more about the darkness in her family’s past—and the role she may have played in it—she realizes that confronting the truth may mean losing what she holds most dear.
As moving and poignant as it is chilling, Her Little Flowers is a story of grief and enduring love—and of the haunting regrets only forgiveness can dispel.
From the bestselling author of Christmas at The Highland Flower Shop writing as Lucy Coleman, comes a brand new series set in a Cornish Farmhouse.
When Jess Newman married the love of her life Ben she was sure they had what it took to stay together forever. So when Ben falls out of love with her only to promptly fall in the arms of new girlfriend, Naomi, she really doesn’t know how to come to terms with their divorce.
Thankfully Jess’s granddad, Gabe, has the perfect place for Jess and her eight-year-old daughter Lola to start afresh when he hands them the keys to his holiday home in Cornwall, a beautiful albeit rundown farmhouse – the fresh countryside air, the saffron buns and the seaside breeze might just be what the doctor ordered but soon it’s clear this fresh start includes a whole new set of complications…
Love isn’t blind, it’s just little blurry.
Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. Imagine trying to read a book upside down and in another language. This is Sadie’s new reality.
But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls in love—not with one man but two. The timing couldn’t be worse.
Making judgment calls on anything right now is a nightmare. If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to have it all.
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The Summer House
The Summer House
Mead House was once our childhood home.
Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past.
Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we lost our elder sister in the most brutal of circumstances.
As executors of our grandmother’s will, my twin brother, Ollie, and I needed to empty the house for resale.
What I didn’t expect to discover was my sister’s secret journal that contained her most private thoughts and shocking dark secrets.
Now I am questioning everything that I saw that night. Did I get it wrong, who I saw?
Did my evidence send an innocent man, my then boyfriend’s brother, to jail for the last 17 years?
I know I have no choice. If I want to find answers, I will have to go back to that fateful night my sister died. When she made her last visit to the summer house.
My Thoughts
Gripping, a raw psychological thriller that will have you looking behind you when you’re walking alone at night. It should be a simple case to solve, it seems very evident of the guilty party. An open and closed case, but not so fast. Trust no one, because when you start to trust, you will take the fall.
I couldn’t sleep until I finished this, it kept me reading until the wee hours of the morning.
I am addicted to these thrillers, it’s a rush, even though there are so many subplots I can never see them coming.
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All opinions expressed are my own.
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Keri Beevis is the internationally bestselling author of Dying To Tell, Deep Dark Secrets, Trust No One, Every Little Breath and The People Next Door. Dying To Tell reached no. 1 in the Amazon chart in Australia and was a top 25 hit in the UK. She lives in Norfolk, along with her two naughty kitties, Ellie and Lola, and a plentiful supply of red wine (her writing fuel).
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t’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.
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315 pages Bethany House Publishers October 5, 2021 publication date
About The Book
She’s made big promises. It’ll take everything she’s got to keep them.
Crisscrossing the Great Lakes onboard her father’s freighter ship, the Mary Elise, Elise Wright has grown up cooking and caring for the crew. It is a life she loves. Unlike her estranged sister, Elise has turned down numerous opportunities for a “respectable life” with their wealthy relatives. And now, because of promises she made to her dying mother, she’s bound to the ship and her deeply grieving father more than ever.
Nick Clark is grateful to be hired on as the Mary Elise‘s first mate as he works to overcome his own guilt and others’ censure for a fatal decision he made captaining another ship. He feels protective of the Wrights and their generous natures, especially when a rough new sailor seems intent on causing serious trouble.
As the sailor’s misdeeds grow, tragedy swells up from another corner. Left to pick up the pieces of the commitments they’ve made to themselves and to each other, Nick and Elise will have to rely on their faith to see them through.
My Thoughts
I have not read a seafaring voyage book in quite a while and WAITING ON LOVE is the perfect addition to add to my collection. There is just something about reading a book with a setting on the Great Lakes with a young woman and the captain, her father.
Nick Clark has to leave home after not bowing to his father’s wishes though he does keep abreast of the family’s going ons through letters back and forth to the family’s housekeeper.
After helping Elise Wright when she has an accident on the street Nick is pleased to be hired on as first mate on Elise’s father’s freighter ship, the Mary Elise. This is Elise’s second home; she cooks and cleans for the crew and has been doing so for many years passing up opportunities to become entangled in a romance. The crew respects Elise and her father and wouldn’t dream of trying any funny business with her. When a crew member who is newly hired on tries to put the moves on her and is disrespectful and bad news all around the crew quickly put him in his place.
I loved the descriptions of the work the crew did preparing to sail and being on the open water. The descriptions of the strong storms had me holding my breath hoping the ship would survive the peril.
A slow burn romance, this is Elise and Nick’s story. He treated her so respectfully. We also spend some time on land and see a heartwarming reunion with Nick and a family member.
Nick is fighting his own demons, not able to forgive himself for something that he believes he is responsible for. Will Elise and her strong faith be able to help him with this?
I loved the deep faith the main characters have. There is adventure, romance and mystery.
I am always happy to read a book by this author, her books are so well researched. She always makes her books so fascinating.
Pub Date 05 Oct 2021
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
The Author
Tracie Peterson is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than one hundred books. Tracie also teaches writing workshops at a variety of conferences on subjects such as inspirational romance and historical research. She and her family live in Montana.
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Do you have a favorite book by this author? As for myself, it’s so hard to choose. She has so many book out on a variety of topics, all fascinating.
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About The Book
Brianna Kelly was abandoned at Ballymacool House and Boarding School as an infant. She has worked there since she was a wee girl and will likely die there. Despite a sense that she was made for something more, Brianna feels powerless to change her situation, so she consoles herself by exploring the Ballymacool grounds, looking for hidden treasures to add to the secret trove beneath the floorboards of her room.
When Michael Wray, the son of local gentry, is sent to Ballymacool to deal with his unruly cousin, he finds himself drawn to Brianna, immediately and inescapably. There is something about her that feels so . . . familiar. When Brianna finds a piece of silver in the woods, she commits to learning its origins, with the help of Michael. What they discover may change everything.
Fan favorite Jennifer Deibel invites you back to the Emerald Isle in the 1930s for this fresh take on the Cinderella story, complete with a tantalizing mystery, a budding romance, and a chance at redemption.
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My Thoughts
When I first received THE MAID OF BALLYMACOOL I was unable to read it due to prior reading obligations. Now I wish I had chucked those books out the window and gotten right to this one. I absolutely do believe this is the author’s strongest writing yet. You cannot help getting lost in the world she creates. I loved the time I spent at Ballymacool House and Wood and was fascinated to read in the author’s notes that they are still there though Ballmacool is abandoned, roofless and covered in vines. I can’t wait to do more online research on this. Though the story is fictional it is based upon many true events. Just my type of book, very well researched.
Brianna Kelly has known no other life than Ballymacool House and Boarding School. Abandoned there as a baby she grew up there and is a maid there. In charge of her is Mistress Maureen Magee, the headmistress of Ballymacool House and Boarding School for Girls. Very mean, she never sees reason from anyone around her. People aren’t born mean so then you say to yourself what happened personally to make her like this? Mistress Magee absolutely hates Brianna with every fiber of her being, but Brianna can remember a time long ago when she was extremely young that she wasn’t like this towards her. As we are reading, we have to try to piece together why she hates this young lady so much. Michael Wray, the son of a local gentry is sent by his parents to the school the corral his young cousin who is a bit pranksterish and outspoken for the school. He is there to keep an eye on her and keep her inline. Upon meeting Brianna, he is drawn to her quiet, shy and reserved way. Something about her feels familiar, have they met before? Brianna spends her free time in the woods surrounding Ballymacool and has a special tree she has been going to for years for relaxation and where she has found treasure. There is in my opinion a gothic feel to the book, a slow burn romance, a headmistress who is hiding something and a mystery just begging to be solved. I could not turn these pages fast enough. There is also a glossary of terms at the back of the book which is very helpful plus the author’s notes that I’d advise because it gives helpful information pertaining to the story. Excellent book!
Pub Date 21 Feb 2023
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
About The Author
Jennifer Deibel is a middle school teacher and freelance writer. Her work has appeared on (in)courage, on The Better Mom, in Missions Mosaic Magazine, and others. With firsthand immersive experience abroad, Jennifer writes stories that help redefine home through the lens of culture, history, and family. After nearly a decade of living in Ireland and Austria, she now lives in Arizona.
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I hope you will read and enjoy these Irish Blessings I am sending you today. Though I have never been to Ireland my ancestors came over from Galway and it is a dream of mine to go there some day.
Many Blessings to you .
Be inspired and encouraged by these Irish quotes and sayings about many different topics – love, blessings, famous ones, short ones and funny ones. But all have wisdom and inspiration in them.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist Life If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. Bendan Behan Funny May you only grow old in the face. Be treasured and cared for with grace. Irish Blessing Irish Blessing Sometimes one day changes everything; sometimes years change nothing. Author Unknown New Start May your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a song in your heart and warmed by the smiles of the people you love. Irish Saying Smile On the Irish ladder of success there’s always some one on the rung above using your head to steady himself. Author Unknown Success A kind word never broke anyone’s mouth. Irish Proverb Kindness May the Good Lord take a liking to you… but not too soon! Irish Saying Encouraging  Life is like a cup of tea, it’s all in how you make it! Irish Saying Funny Proverbs I’m Irish. We think sideways. Spike Milligan Cute Quotes Grandchildren are gifts of God. It is God’s way of compensating us for growing old. Irish Saying Grandmother The Irish have a sweet tooth. And that’s a good thing, because it has been the inspiration for some wonderful desserts that allow us to end our meal on a happy and sweet note. Jean LeGrand, Irish Treats – 30 Dessert Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day Inspirational Quotes The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. Thomas Moore, Irish Actor Home If only wishing it made it so. Author Unknown Wishes It’s a good deed to forget a bad joke. Brendan Behan, Irish Republican, poet, short story writer Good  Ambition can creep as well as soar. Edmund Burke, Irish statesman Ambition Anyone can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success. Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) Wilde, Irish Playwright Friend May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live. Funny Birthday Quotes As you ramble through life, whatever be your goal; keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole. Irish Saying Goals Irish history stretches back into the dark days of the Celts, yet there is light, laughter and a sense of laissez-faire in the Irish men and women of today. Richard Benson, Irish Wit and Wisdom Laughter Grant me a sense of humor, Lord, the saving grace to see a joke, to win some happiness from life, and pass it on to other folks. Irish Prayer Humor  Laughter is wine for the soul – laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness – the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living. Sean O’Casey, Irish Dramatist Live Life Here’s to a fellow who smiles when life runs along like a song. And here’s to the lad who can smile when everything goes dead wrong. Irish Saying Smile Poems Whatever the explanation, Irish quotations offer a delightful way to taste the essence of a rich history that has been, by turns, epic, curious, hilarious and sad. Robert Sullivan, Unusual Irish Quotes and Quotations Quotations These things, I warmly wish for you – Someone to love, some work to do, a bit of o’ sun, a bit o’ cheer. And a guardian angel always near. Irish Saying Angel What the child sees, the child does. What the child does, the child is. Irish Saying Children  May the holes in your nets be no larger than the fish in it. Good Day You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win by a better deed. Patrick Henry Pearse, Irish Teacher Freedom Love doesn’t demand perfection, but it does ask you to give yourself with less reserve than you’d prefer. Thomas Moore, Irish Actor Love Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are all dead. Oscar Wilde – Irish Dramatist Quotes about Love and Life The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune. Irish Saying Music Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet Communication To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher. James Joyce, Irish novelist Teacher  No wise man ever wished to be younger. Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist, essayist Age It’s no use giving good advice unless you have the wisdom to go with it. Giving The hands are there for friendship, the heart is there for love. Friendship A lie is an excuse guarded. Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist, essayist Excuses It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman Wealth The Irish consider retirement the time to kick back and enjoy life to the fullest. Thomas O’Leary Retirement  The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright Quote of the Day A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. Irish Proverb Happy A Christmas wish. . . .May you never forget what is worth remembering or remember what is best forgotten. Irish Blessing Christmas Quotes May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you are dead. Irish Saying Prayer Poems Play every match as if it’s your last, but play well enough so that it isn’t. Jack Lynch Effort  The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet Patience (St.) Patrick answered God’s call to “spread the word of Christianity” to Ireland, and so, returned to Ireland, the land that enslaved him. Hillbilly Housewife, On St. Patrick’s Day Everyone Can Be Irish God We must not make a false faith by hiding from our thoughts the causes of doubt, for faith is the highest achievement of the human intellect, the only gift man can make to God, and therefore it must be offered in sincerity. William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet Faith May you live to be 100 years with one extra year to repent. James Joyce, Irish novelist Birthday Some people are moulded by their aspirations, others by their hostilities. Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist Motivational Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist Character  The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist Purpose Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker. Abraham (Bram) Stoker, Irish author Knowledge We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist Cute Quotes about Life If you accept your limitations you go beyond them. Brendan Behan, Irish Republican, poet, short story writer Inspirational Stories A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. James Joyce, Irish novelist Mistake  Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it. William John Banville, Irish novelist Preparation You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday. Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist, essayist Wise I’ll tell you what I’m grateful for, and that’s the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them. Kenneth Branagh, Irish actor Time The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. Samuel Beckett, Irish Novelist Quality Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) Wilde, Irish Playwright Beautiful  The difficulty in life is the choice. George Moore, Irish Novelist Choices Life is too short to read a bad book. James Joyce, Irish Novelist, Poet Quotes about Books There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist Poems about Happiness May the love and joy we share be with us ever after. Author Unknown Joy I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don’t worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you. Kenneth Branagh, Irish actor Inspirational Sayings  If you do your best, don’t mind the rest. Best The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you. Brendan Behan, Irish Writer Positive Life Quotes May the sunshine of comfort shine through the gloom of despair. Sunshine It is sad to look at happiness only through another’s eyes. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish Novelist Be Yourself When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist Short Love Quotes  To appear rich, we become poor. Marguerite Blessington, an Irish novelist Motivational Quotes about Life To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it’s true. Joyce Lunel Cary, Irish Novelist Genius We learn from failure, not from success! Abraham (Bram) Stoker, Irish author Failure  We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk. Thomas Moore, Irish Actor Courage An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner. Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) Wilde, Irish Playwright Irish Quotes and Sayings Best Friend Poems Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. James Joyce, Irish Author Attitude May grace and peace be multiplied to you, through the knowledge of God, through knowing what God knows and believing what God believes ….about you. Phelim Doherty, By the Grace of God Peace  Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett, Irish Novelist Never Quit Quotes Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable. Bram Stoker, Irish Author Sympathy Ireland has one of the world’s heaviest rainfalls. If you see an Irishman with a tan, it’s rust. Dave Allen, an Irish Comedian Funny Poems It’s my rule never to lose my temper till it would be dethrimental to keep it. Seán O’Casey, Irish Dramatist Anger There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. Patrick Henry Pearse, Irish Teacher Poems about Life  The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) Wilde, Irish Playwright Quotes about Change Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no fibs. Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Author Question Ireland is the only place in the world where procrastination takes on a sense of urgency. Dave Allen, an Irish Comedian Procrastination There is no such thing as bad publicity – except your own obituary. Brendan Behan, Irish Republican, poet, short story writer Cute Life Quotes Here’s to health, peace and prosperity. May the flower of love never be nipped by the frost of disappointment, nor shadow of grief fall among your family and friends. Irish Toast Health If your Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go you’ll always find family. Victoria Smurfit – Irish Actress Family | |
| This microscopic nation in the Atlantic has little economic or political clout in the world. But somehow, Ireland’s influence seems to pop up everywhere, whether you prefer to travel in the realms of high or low culture. Robert Sullivan, Unusual Irish Quotes and Quotations Influence  Always remember to forget the troubles that passed away. But never forget to remember the blessings that come each day. Irish Saying Blessed But if the past is any indication, no hardship can really kill the unusual humor and world view of the Irish. Robert Sullivan, Unusual Irish Quotes and Quotations Hardship Stay away from closed minds and small minds with little to do. Irish Saying Open Minded Never go down the lane to meet trouble. It comes on the highway on horseback. Irish Saying Funny Sayings A man’s best forutne is his wife. Wife Whenever I want to know what the Irish are thinking, I look into my own heart. Eamon de Valera Thinking  The top of the morning to ye! Morning The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweet taste of low price is forgotten. Top Ten Quotes When we are old all our pleasures are behind us but when we are young all our troubles are before us. Trouble God never shuts one door but that He opens two. Trust God An Irishman never tells a lie – only where the truth won’t fit. Irish Saying Truth The besetting sin of the Irish is that they want to please. Rather than offend, they will leave you with the illusion that they agree with you. Anne O’Neill-Barna Not Perfect |
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